Mac McLin
{{Infobox person
| name = Mac McLin
| other_names = C.J. McLin
| birth_name = Clarence Josef McLin
| birth_date = August 20, 1899
| birth_place = Tennessee, U.S.
| death_date = December 20, 1966 (aged 67)
| death_place = Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
| children = C. J. McLin Jr.
| relatives = Rhine McLin (grand-daughter)
Candace Smith (grand-daughter)
}}
Clarence Josef McLin Sr. (August 20, 1899 – December 20, 1966) was an American civic leader and businessman in Dayton, Ohio.
Early life
Career
McLin founded the McLin Funeral Home in 1932. He served as the eighth president of the Dayton Branch of the NAACP from 1937 to 1938.{{Cite book|last=Perry|first=Ravi K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KaL8AQAAQBAJ&dq=Mac+McLin&pg=PA36|title=Black Mayors, White Majorities: The Balancing Act of Racial Politics|date=2014-01-01|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=978-0-8032-4946-2|language=en}} McLin also founded the Democratic Voters League and ran unsuccessfully for the Dayton City Commission.{{Cite web|last=Robinson|first=Amelia|title=A Timeline: Black History in the Miami Valley 1798 to 2001|url=https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/timeline-black-history-the-miami-valley-1798-2001/HrbkmUPPZChk0hKo9er94L/|date=February 22, 2013|access-date=November 11, 2021|website=Dayton Daily News|language=English|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214024650/https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/timeline-black-history-the-miami-valley-1798-2001/HrbkmUPPZChk0hKo9er94L/|archive-date=February 14, 2017|url-status=live}}
Personal life
He and his wife Rubie were married on April 28, 1920. They moved to Dayton, Ohio around 1931. McLin's son, C. J. McLin, served as a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
His granddaughter, Rhine McLin, served as a minority leader of the Ohio Senate and was the mayor of Dayton from 2002 to 2010.
References
External links
- {{findagrave|19593863}}
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Category:Burials at Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum
Category:American civil rights activists
Category:People from Dayton, Ohio
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